Am I supposed to be impressed that he is putting up decent numbers in a bandbox against pitchers that will probably never see significant time in an MLB uniform?

So EVERY minor league statistic doesn't count? He's hitting the crap out of the ball where he's at. He hit over .300 during his call-up last year, why would you assume he's only hitting because he's in AAA? Heck, half of the pitchers in the major leagues should be in AAA!

I heard Ozzie on the radio yesterday. What the hell is his deal with talking about Viciedo like he sucks? It makes no sense whatsoever to verbally tear down your top prospect in the name of defending some guy who is not going to be here next year.

I heard Ozzie on the radio yesterday. What the hell is his deal with talking about Viciedo like he sucks? It makes no sense whatsoever to verbally tear down your top prospect in the name of defending some guy who is not going to be here next year.

I've never heard that. In Ozzie's mind, there's no room for him since he's happy with Pierre, Rios, and Quentin in the outfield, and Dunn at DH.

Ozzie's problem isn't with Viciedo. Ozzie's problem is that he thinks Juan Pierre is good.

I heard Ozzie on the radio yesterday. What the hell is his deal with talking about Viciedo like he sucks? It makes no sense whatsoever to verbally tear down your top prospect in the name of defending some guy who is not going to be here next year.

Isn't that the same kind of stuff Ozzie said about Beckham before he was called up?

__________________DrCrawdad"In time you can turn these obsessions into careers...Hurry Down Doomsday the bugs are taking over." - Elvis Costello

Isn't that the same kind of stuff Ozzie said about Beckham before he was called up?

Yes. He also said something about Santiago that I caught at the end of his presser yesterday that was cut off in the middle by Rongey and company, but it was something like "I don't like to talk about those minor league kids, they get me fired."